Donald Trump has failed to do what every successful two-term president has done before him: expand his base of support. Instead of trying to win over persuadable Americans and bring them into his coalition.
Happy Thanksgiving to all who read this. We might not all have the person we voted for victorious, we might have pain in our lives and we might not all agree; but I am sure, we can all dig deep and look into that half empty glass and fill it with reasons to be grateful.
As an internal medicine physician I’ve been trained to react quickly and without emotion to many kinds of potentially life-threatening medical conditions. But this training couldn’t prepare me for the recent terrifying sight of my 13-year-old son swelling up, turning red and vomiting from an exposure to nuts he didn’t realize were in his food.
Coming home on Thanksgiving is a great American tradition – a fact that is true even when we may not be coming back to the Norman Rockwell version of Thanksgiving. Yes, we all have a relative or two we sometimes could do without. But for one day out of the year, we still come together as a family.
Say what you will about Pelosi, but she is dogged and has a successful track record delivering legislative victories when it counts. While she was speaker she held together enough House votes to pass the Affordable Care Act, a major stimulus package, a minimum wage increase, Wall Street reform and a fair pay act.
It's finally happened. The caravan has arrived. But here’s the funny part. It didn’t arrive in our country, but in Mexico, in the border city of Tijuana, just across the fence from San Diego.
Around our Thanksgiving table this year you can bet our family is thankful for a president who has made this country a better place today than it was two years ago.
Joining the ranks of Hillary Clinton - who still hasn't come to grips with the fact she lost the 2016 presidential election - Stacey Abrams, Bill Nelson, and Andrew Gillum all showed America how to lack grace in defeat.
